Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-03
rmUnsDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1887.
Politics i'm ,I,c Council.

GOHAthlS AAA INV ~
There is no gainsaying the PROPOSE
tion that public welfare is matter
above party politics. The only use
for parties is to conserve that welfare,
and when party fails in this high
duty it it is not worth keeping alive.
1t is also an obvious thing that in Ma
ton al affairs the great parties cut a
much larger figure than in local mat
ters. The National parties are organ
lied much on National and less on
local issues.
We are glad to see very narrow par
tisan views being displaced by wider
patriotism in the mind of an esteemed
morning contemporary. Our neigh
bor points ont the fact that OF the
eight retiring members OF the City
Council six are Republicans and two
Democrats. In this arithmetic Mr..
Stearns OF the First Ward is generous
ly acceded to our party. In this,
we fear the Tribune has been too lib
eral. Mr.. Stearns hardly belongs to
us. If our contemporary can anchor
that gentleman in political sense it
will have achieved something.
Passing on, the Republican paper
comedies the election of Democrat
in the Second Ward in the place to be
made vacant by the expiration OF Mr..
X uhrts' term. This shows more init
m ate knowledge OF local politics than
does the cataloguing OF the Council
man named above from the First
Ward. If Mr.. Kuhrts can be pre-
vailed upon to succeed himself in the
City Council, there will be no room
left for conjecture as to the result OF
the. election in that ward. Nor will
there be any question as to the benefit
the city would derive from such
a result. Mr.. Kuhrts is one
of the best qualified men
in Los Angeles in all respects to sit
in an Aldermanic capacity.
But here follows the quintessence OF
patriotism as we'll as Of political sa-
gacity on the part OF the Tribune in
these words:
Assuredly it would be a disgrace to
progressive Los Angeles if this election
We're to be allowed to degenerate into
a petty scramble for the small spoils
of Office, and yet this can only be pre-
vented by SO complete an organization
on the part Of the local Republicans
that the solid ranks can neither be
shattered by direct assault or weak
ened by the underhand devices OF in
sidious traitors. 1t is a very critical
time, now, in the history of the city,
and bold men, progressive men, men
who have perfect confidence IN the
future of Los Angeles. representative,
hard-headed men of business. are
needed at the Council board OF the
municipality.
Mark the high regard developed
here for the public veal. How grand
this condemnation of degenerate,
petty scramble for the small spoils OF
office!' One would have known that
such high patriotism, such party alb
negation was possible only to a journal
which represents the Simon Pure prin-
ciples of the G. o. P. The highest
realms OF moral rectitude, the divin-
est spirit OF the highest heaven
breathes in such sentiments.
To be sure the mears of arriving at
this end are not clear to us, as the
Tribune puts the matter. The method
is somewhat obscure. But we will go
bail for our neighbor that
this little confusion is alto
pether of the head, and that
his heart is in the right place. This
lofty aim is to be hit, this acme of
party abnegation reached, and a patri-
otic disregard for party success, and
ssthe small spoils OF offices" cast to
the four winds OF heaven in this way !:
ssBy SO complete an organization on
the part OF the local Republicans,
that the solid ranks can neither be
shattered by direct assault nor
weakened by the underhand
devices of insidious traitors"
The Tribune gravely informs us
that in this way "the small spoils o
Office" will be utterly ignored, "tht
next Council will consist OF ten Repub
licans and five Democrats"
These will, OF course, be "bold men
progressive men," etc. Judging o,
the past they will be "bold men" ane
ssprogressive men" in the matter OF
heaping up the burden Of taxation.
They have been bold and progressive
in these measures ever since they
came into office. But where are the
fruits?